Summary of Seabird Counts on the Islands in the Firth of Forth
1980 Bass Rock Craigleith Lamb Fidra Eyebr-oughty Inchkeith Carr Craig Inchcolm Haystack Inch-mickery + Cow & Calves Inch Garvie / Forth Bridge Long Craig May Isle Total
Fulmar (AOS) 81 53 1 88   451             131  
Cormorant (nests)   98 64   37         33        
Shag (nests) 191 193+ 143 25   3       11     1,041  
Gannet (nests) x                          
Eider (nests) x x x x   x                
Great B-b Gull (nests)   3               1        
Lesser B-b Gull (nests) c20 130+ c5 410 mixed   x             490  
Herring Gull (nests) x c2500 x 410 mixed   x             3,615  
Kittiwake (nests) 2,250 670 57 354   207                
Common Tern (nests)                   533     1  
Arctic Tern (nests)                            
Roseate Tern (nests)                   21        
Sandwich Tern (nests)                   424        
Razorbill (pairs/sites) x 40+ 5+ 13   29                
Guillemot (birds on cliffs) 2,800 c1550 840 38   5 s                
Puffin (birds unless otherwise stated) c25 2,000   100   440                
AOB/AOS/AOT=Apparently occupied burrows/sites/territories; x=birds present but not counted; 0=none breeding;  c=circa; mixed=two species (eg Herring and LBB Gulls) counted together; b=birds; s=sites
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